You know, instead of teasing fans with a project that’ll never happen, ADV should just take the 50 million or so they’ve raised for their hypothetical live action Evangelion and just put it to licensing the new Rebuild of Evangelion movies and promoting the everloving shit out of them. Get those into mainstream theaters, because not only has Anno soundly beat them to the punch at getting a cinematic Eva remake out there, but his is so well done that there’s really no way ADV could top it.
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I have to admit that in the last couple years, my fondness for the Anime News Network has waned considerably. While I appreciate its editors giving me an opportunity to become a published writer, and remain a big fan of their work with Protoculture Addicts (the only anime magazine I’d willingly read), the website just isn’t what it used to be. However, it’s not without its occasional strokes of genius, and yesterday saw one of those by way of an editorial by ANN founder and former owner, Justin Sevakis. Titled “An Open Letter to the Industry,” the editorial covers a number of topics relating to the struggling anime industry, both domestically and in Japan. With the failure of major player Geneon earlier this year and the recent increased Japanese hostility towards fansubs, the future of anime both here and abroad has been a much discussed topic of late, with many greatly differing opinions. But what makes Sevakis’s analysis stand out so much is that unlike most other industry insiders, he doesn’t engage in an overly defensive and dismissive tirade against the evils of video piracy, and unlike most fans, he doesn’t blindly point fingers at domestic anime distributors for being greedy capitalist pigs. Rather, he fairly points out the broader problem as it concerns all parties involved, and uses his informed position to devise a possible, viable solution.
And if you ask me, he couldn’t be more right.
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And indeed it was pretty unlucky. Sort of. Okay, so it’s been a little over a week since Anime Weekend Atlanta 13 came to a close, and in my typical slowness, I’m only now getting around to blogging about it. Apologies. But I’m getting to it now, and allow me to open by saying that in terms of the convention itself, this was one of the worst AWAs yet. But in terms of the time I had there, it was one of the best.
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September’s a wonderful month for conventions in Atlanta. There’s DragonCon at the start of the month, and Anime Weekend Atlanta at the end of the month. As you’ve probably guessed, I’ll be at AWA this weekend, and won’t be online until I get back. Expect a full account of what happened as soon as I return!
Also, fuck Area 11 for its indefinite preemption of Higurashi Kai and the bloody, deliciously bloody conclusion of School Days. Fuck Area 11 right in the eye. But more on that when I get back.
‘Til next time!
—Nagi
So DragonCon happened almost two weeks ago, and yes, I’m only now getting around to reporting on it. I have no excuses, but I do have fat Klingon cosplay as promised. Okay, maybe not fat, but I did the best I could with what I had to work with. For being a general nerdshit convention, there wasn’t that much Star Trek cosplay going on. An awful lot of shitty anime cosplay, though. Almost exclusively Bleach, too.
Continue reading ‘The Ridiculously Late DragonCon Followup.’
